14 Cursed be the cheat who has u a male in his flock, and v vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. t You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering ! Shall I accept that from your hand ? says the L ord. 13 But you say, s ‘ What a weariness this is, ’ and you snort at it, says the L ord of hosts. 12 But you profane it when you say that r the Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. For my name q will be great among the nations, says the L ord of hosts. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name q will be 2 great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. 10 o Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain ! I have no pleasure in you, says the L ord of hosts, p and I will not accept an offering from your hand. With such a gift from your hand, n will he show favor to any of you ? says the L ord of hosts. 9 And now m entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. 8 l When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil ? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil ? Present that to your governor will he accept you or show you favor ? says the L ord of hosts. b But you say, ‘ How have we polluted you ? ’ By saying that k the L ord ’s table may be despised. b But you say, ‘ How have we despised your name ? ’ 7 j By offering polluted food upon my altar. If then I am h a father, where is my honor ? And if I am i a master, where is my fear ? says the L ord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. ’ ” 5 f Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “ Great is the L ord beyond the border of Israel ! ” The Priests’ Polluted OfferingsĦ g “ A son honors his father, and a servant his master. ” 4 If Edom says, “ We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins, ” the L ord of hosts says, “ They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘ the wicked country, ’ and ‘ the people with whom the L ord is angry forever. e I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert. “ Yet d I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. b But you say, “ How have you loved us ? ” “ Is not Esau c Jacob’s brother ? ” declares the L ord. 1 The Lord’s Love for IsraelĢ a “ I have loved you, ” says the L ord.
1 The oracle of the word of the L ord to Israel by Malachi.
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